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Originally Posted by Nickhead
in thread humor:
i was showing our 17 and 14 year old some bits under the hood of the car. coolant dangers, dip stick, oil levels, how not to put oil in the dipstick tube, rather pour into cap, etc...
the reason for this is my battery went dead on me today, and i needed to change it. so i break out the whole never bridge the two posts as it could electrocute you, etc.. which is ground, why not to let the positive contact any metals.
so then i start to remove the battery. ****ing nut on battery post broke loose so fast, my spanner ****ing bridged the posts  should have seen there eyes (and mine) when sparks started flying. we did have a good chuckle after i quickly knocked the spanner away, but **** me running wasn't that embarrasing LOLPMSL  |
Rofl. Shorting a battery won't electrocute you. It's only after it goes through the coil that it bites the shit out of you. Or else it would have thermonuclear you when you made the connection with your wrench (is that what a spanner is? - ****ing Australians!)
It takes amps to bite the **** out of you which happens in the coil. If you want to teach them that tell them you have to see if you are getting spark to the plug and stick a screwdriver in the plug wire give it to them, and bump the starter. Boom. Lesson about amperage!
. I'm here to help.